Metal railway tie and fastening



Feb. 5, 1929. 7 1,701,247

D. o. SNYDER METAL RAILWAY TIE AND FASTENING Filed Aug. 29, 1928 45 Inventor Patented Feb. 5, 1929.

UNI TED TATES,

P TEN OFFICE.

V DANIEL o. snYnER, 0F MUNoY, PENNSYLVANIA. f'

METAL RAILWAY TIE AND FASTENING.

Application filed August 29, 1928. Serial No. 302,699.

This invention relates to an improved metal railway tie especially designed to accommodate and cooperate with a special rail fastening device.

The invention herein disclosed is an improvement upon prior Patent No. 1,525,331,

vided with longitudinally spaced openings defining an intervening web, thereby permitting the base flange of therail to rest upon this web with its edge portions overlying or projecting into the openings,and to permit the employment of a substantially C-shaped clamping device.

Other features and advantages will become more readily apparent from the following de scription and drawings.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a top' plan View of a metal tie constructed in accordance'with the present invention showing a railway rail associated with one endportion thereof, together with the retaining and clamping means.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken approximately upon the plane of the line 22 of Fig. 1.

. Fig.3 is a perspective View of one of the separable clamps; 4 is a perspective View of' a wedge retaining plate which is associated with the clamp and base flange of the rail.

Referring now to the drawings by reference numerals, it will be seen that the reference character 32 designatesa hollow steel lie of channel-shaped cross section. At each end the web portion ofthe tie is formedwith longitudinally spaced openings 33 and 34. This arrangement provides an intervening web between the openings. and it is to be observed that the edges .of this Web are notched longitudinally to form a series of stepped shoulders 36.

The base flange of the rail R rests upon this web so that the edge portions overlie or extend into the openings 33 and 34. The'rail is held in place by a clamping member 37 This is of general C-shaped configuration, and it embodies a straight body portion and right angularly disposed end portions 38and 39 terminating in short and long hooks 40 and 41 respectively.

The clamping member occupies the position plainly shown in Fig. 2, wherein it will be observed that the body portion extends underneath the web 35, thus permitting the hook 40 to be engaged simultaneously with the complem'ental edge of the web and adj acent side of the base flange of the rail. The hook 41 however, does not directly engage the remaining portion of the base flange. In-

stead,a retaining wedge plate 42 is provided. 7

This embodies a portion 43 resting on the web and an upwardly offset portion 44 which takes over the base flange of the'rail. It also includes a retaining finger 45 which is bent out as shown in Fig. 1 for cooperation with the hook 41. i a

In cases where is becomes necessary to set the rails different distances apart it is obvious that the proper adjustment may be made through the medium of stepped shoulders 36,

since the clamping member can be shifted to cooperate with the appropriate'set of shoul. ders. In this way, an adjustable "connection between the'clamping means, and web of the rail is afl'iorded.

Having thus described I claim as new is 1. In a structure of the class described, in combination, a channel-shaped metal tie having. longitudinall spaced openings formed adjacent one end and providing an intervening solid Web portion, a rail having its base flange resting on said web portion and. projecting over into said openings, a substantially C-shaped retaining clamp having its hooked end portions extending upwardly through said openings, one of the hooks being engaged with the web and adjacent edge of the base flange of the rail, and a removable wedgerretaining device driven in between the remaining hook and remaining portion of the base flang'eof the rail 011 the opposite side.

2. In a structure ofthe class described, in combination, a channel-shaped metal tie havadjacent one end andproviding an intervening solid web portion, a rail having its base flange resting on said web portion and projecting over into said openings, a substanmy invention, what 1 ing longitudinally spaced openings formed tially C-shaped retaining clamp having its hooked end portions extending upwardly through said openings, one of the hooks being engaged With the Web and adjacent edge of the base flange of the rail, a removable Wedge retaining device driven in between the remaining hook and remaining portion of the base flange of the mil a the epn fsite side the opposite edges of said Web being formed With graduated shoulders to permit adjustable connection of the clamp therewlth, and sa d Wedge reta ning plate be ng provided with a bendable retaining tongue portion engageable With the clamp.

I @QfitllllQDY Wheyeoi I affix my signature.

DANiEL O. SNYDER. 

